Students and Nature

The Greenforce Initiative underway on community college campuses

With jobs in the country’s emerging clean energy sector growing more
than twice as fast as jobs overall, the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) and Jobs for the Future (JFF) have joined forces on the two-year Greenforce Initiative, which will spur green jobs education, innovation and training at community colleges in the United States.
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Sustainability Leaders at Major Corporations Share Strategies at Green Pathways Conference

Today marks that start of the Creating Green Pathways for Lower-Skilled Adults Conference in Chicago, Illinois. The two-day event, co-hosted with NWF by Jobs For The Future and the National Fund … Read more

Secretary Arne Duncan, Congressman John Sarbanes Address Sustainability Education Summit in DC

This post was written by Patrick Fitzgerald, NWF’s Director of Education Advocacy. NWF’s Campus Ecology Team is back for Day 2 of the Sustainability Education Summit where hundreds of environmental, … Read more

Ron Sims inspires at Department of Education Green Summit

Deputy Secretary of Urban Development Ron Sims took the podium yesterday during the Sustainability Education Summit: “Citizenship and Pathways for a Green Economy” to make a strong case for the … Read more

Sustainability Education Summit convenes in DC this week

Patrick Fitzgerald is NWF’s Director of Education Advocacy. I’m sitting in a room with 250+ leaders from the education, environmental, and business communities for the first ever Sustainability Education Summit, … Read more

Time For Some Serious Play

This week, National Wildlife Federation will turn Twitter and Facebook into a virtual playground – and inspire people to turn the computer off and play outside! 6 Ways To Play … Read more

White House hosts first ever community college summit

Scheduled for October 5, 2010, the White House will host the first ever summit on community colleges, addressing their critical role as part of America’s economic vision for the future – … Read more

Oregon State University researching wave energy opportunities

The Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center (NNWREC), established in 2008, is a DOE-funded partnership between Oregon State University and the University of Washington. Oregon State University is focusing on wave energy research … Read more

Wind Turbine Technician Training at Dabney S. Lancaster Community College

This fall Dabney S. Lancaster Community College in Virginia launched its new program to offering a  Basic Wind Turbine Service Technology Certificate.   The Certificate requires the completion of 45 … Read more

Make Yourself At Home – Outdoors!

Tips to bring nature closer—whether you have a backyard, deck, balcony, or a window Read more